Farewell Blogosphere!

In the past two years our family has undergone several major changes. After 9 years of home schooling, we are in a public school; after 15 years of being a SAHM, I'm working part-time; and perhaps most significantly, we have been building our own house while living in the basement of said construction. What that means is my beautiful kitchen has been replaced by something far less lovely and I no longer have the time and inclination to make beautiful food. I miss my kitchen, I miss being hospitable, and I miss the blog. It stays up because it is a very convenient means to keep many of my recipes. <3

Stale bread

My Grandmother died a few years ago and sometimes I miss her terribly. She and Grandpap made an interesting team, frequently bickering, rolling their eyes at each other, and giving each other little kisses. Grandmother would putter in the kitchen and liked to try new things. She would send me a photocopy of a recipe she found with her comments in the margins, sometimes she tried them first.

In the 80’s it was common for companies to sell recipe cards in which you bought 10-20 recipes at a time and the ‘introductory offer’ included a plastic organizing box and divider cards ‘free’. Grandmother would save the sample cards and, especially if she found some good ones, pass on the duplicates to me. This recipe is called ‘Quick Cherry Dessert’ and came from such a card. These were produced during the fascination with microwave cooking, so all of the recipes *except* the cherry dessert have microwave instructions on the back of the card.

This one is a keeper. It has a dense cake, almost like pound cake, and reminds me of what I call ‘farm food’. It’s not at all like Dorie’s light and fluffy party cake, which I wanted to bake for a special occasion the instant I saw it, but a more rustic, homey cake. It works for breakfast too, I think. 😀 This recipe is one of the reasons I keep a can of cherry pie filling in the pantry as a staple. I find it useful for a number of things, but this dessert can be whipped up with short notice and it’s very good.

I made this tonight for some company and everyone loved it! It was super easy and looked beautiful (even with my humble cooking ability). What a great recipe — I’m looking forward to trying blueberries in it, too. Thanks for sharing this!